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Anonymous wrote:We read so many books as class starting in 4th grade. I specially remember two of the books in 4th being A Bridge to Terabithia and A Wrinkle in Time. And we had to take turns reading aloud in class. Do kids do this anymore?

Why would they? How does that help anyone?

Ours start in second grade. In kindergarten and first grade they are reading according to their level. They read Roald Dahl, Mildred Taylor books like Let the Circle be Unbroken, The Family Under the Bridge are some of them.

It’s extremely helpful. It in increases fluency, pronunciation, and forces kids to actually read and pay attention (since you could be called to pick up at any time). Playing the book on Audio means most are probably zoning out and not engaged at all. Silent reading means many of the kids maybe just glancing over words they don’t know with no idea what they mean or how to say them. Reading aloud is extremely beneficial

Anonymous wrote:My kids started this in Kindergarten in DCPS.

Our church volunteers at Stanton ES. They do not do that there, at least not in K or 1st. So I think the above experience is not usual city wide.

Anonymous wrote:DP. Reading aloud in class and taking turns helps teachers evaluate fluency and reading level.

As a kid, we also found it fun.

It is fun if the child is a fluent reading and doesn’t have any speech differences (accent, stuttering, etc.)

Not so much fun if your classmates will stare, whisper, or laugh at you.

Anonymous wrote:I'm talking read the book, be able to answer a couple questions about reading, do a little diorama or summary report. Do they still do this?

Private school starting in early ES.

DP. Reading aloud in class and taking turns helps teachers evaluate fluency and reading level.

As a kid, we also found it fun.

Anonymous wrote:We read so many books as class starting in 4th grade. I specially remember two of the books in 4th being A Bridge to Terabithia and A Wrinkle in Time. And we had to take turns reading aloud in class. Do kids do this anymore?

Why would they? How does that help anyone?

Ours start in second grade. In kindergarten and first grade they are reading according to their level. They read Roald Dahl, Mildred Taylor books like Let the Circle be Unbroken, The Family Under the Bridge are some of them.

We read so many books as class starting in 4th grade. I specially remember two of the books in 4th being A Bridge to Terabithia and A Wrinkle in Time. And we had to take turns reading aloud in class. Do kids do this anymore?

My kids started this in Kindergarten in DCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:They don’t read books anymore. It’s all dittos and apps.

Sadly, this. In middle school, they had whole class books, but the teacher would just play it on audio in class.

It’s because so many of the kids can’t read but they keep promoting them to the next grade anyway.

Many kids have dyslexia and aren’t being taught adequately (at all). They would be fully able to read a novel with their class if they had proper instruction in k-3rd grade.

So the kids who can read should not be assigned books in school because of this?

I didn’t say that, did I? PP was rude and blaming kids for not being able to read. Quit being a jerk to kids, and insist that all kids are taught to read well enough to read novels in 3rd grade. It’s not a pipe dream. I teach dyslexic kids to read, and it isn’t rocket science or impossible. They can all read novels if taught properly.

When I was a kid we read 3 full books as a class starting in 6th grade. More in MS or HS. The Hobbit was one of those books.

Non-NOVA public elementary school - in 4th grade, the entire class reads a book together and does work based off of it. I believe they read three, maybe four books over the school year. In 5th grade, the kids form small groups based off of genre, they choose the genre and age-appropriate books and do the work assigned by the teacher. They finish a book every three weeks, but taking a week off here and there, they’ve read about 10 books by the end of the year.

FCPS and my kids have had book clubs since 4th grade. My sixth grader read the giver and disappearing spoon so far this year. My middle schooler read Born a Crime and Julius Caesar, among other things. My freshman read book thief and now reading student choice.

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Anonymous wrote:They don’t read books anymore. It’s all dittos and apps.

Sadly, this. In middle school, they had whole class books, but the teacher would just play it on audio in class.

It’s because so many of the kids can’t read but they keep promoting them to the next grade anyway.

Many kids have dyslexia and aren’t being taught adequately (at all). They would be fully able to read a novel with their class if they had proper instruction in k-3rd grade.

It isn’t dyslexia. All kids are getting poor instruction in all grades. It is part inability to focus on reading an actual book, or they just don’t want to and won’t- so teacher reads it or plays it on audio. 70% of kids are not meeting grade level reading proficiency. They aren’t all dyslexic

Nationwide. The stat is nationwide. This isn’t necessarily true in most of our schools where UMC families send their kids. Sad but true.

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Anonymous wrote:They don’t read books anymore. It’s all dittos and apps.

Sadly, this. In middle school, they had whole class books, but the teacher would just play it on audio in class.

DS is in 7th in Honors ELA and they just finished the first all class book, which was done through a combo of audiobook and read aloud by the teacher. I was shocked.

What book did they read?

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Anonymous wrote:They don’t read books anymore. It’s all dittos and apps.

Sadly, this. In middle school, they had whole class books, but the teacher would just play it on audio in class.

It’s because so many of the kids can’t read but they keep promoting them to the next grade anyway.

Many kids have dyslexia and aren’t being taught adequately (at all). They would be fully able to read a novel with their class if they had proper instruction in k-3rd grade.

It isn’t dyslexia. All kids are getting poor instruction in all grades. It is part inability to focus on reading an actual book, or they just don’t want to and won’t- so teacher reads it or plays it on audio. 70% of kids are not meeting grade level reading proficiency. They aren’t all dyslexic